{"id":30451,"date":"2012-10-02T15:51:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T21:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/02\/also-obama-is-responsible-for-tornadoes-and-spiders.html"},"modified":"2012-10-02T15:51:28","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T21:51:28","slug":"also-obama-is-responsible-for-tornadoes-and-spiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/02\/also-obama-is-responsible-for-tornadoes-and-spiders.html","title":{"rendered":"Also, Obama is responsible for tornadoes. And\u00a0spiders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;m not quite sure how it is that Mitt thinks Obama is somehow magically responsible for bumping up in-state tuition at four-year colleges. \u00a0If I had to speculate, I&#39;d say the costs have risen largely because of price hikes at <i>state<\/i> schools, which have had to hike tuitions to meet state budget cuts, which have been organized by austerity measures at the state and federal levels, driven largely (though not solely) by <i>Republicans.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>But never mind, Mitt. Using their own advice, if &quot;young Americans&quot; can&#39;t afford college, they should just get a loan from their parents &#8230; (h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/103583939320326217147\" class=\"proflink\" oid=\"103583939320326217147\">Koushik Dutta<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reshared post from +<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/113664776160150493710'>Mitt Romney<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We can\u2019t afford four more years of President Obama. SHARE if you agree.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mi.tt\/RafJXn\" >http:\/\/mi.tt\/RafJXn<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><a href='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-Aq9pNv2cAjY\/UGs2tM-8OEI\/AAAAAAAAaNk\/2u1S4RklSA8\/Romney_2012_FBImage_YoungAms_403x403.jpg'><img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-Aq9pNv2cAjY\/UGs2tM-8OEI\/AAAAAAAAaNk\/2u1S4RklSA8\/Romney_2012_FBImage_YoungAms_403x403.jpg' style='max-width:97.5%;clear:both;' border='0' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/8p2e3TbfTGT' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;m not quite sure how it is that Mitt thinks Obama is somehow magically responsible for bumping up in-state tuition at four-year colleges. \u00a0If I had to speculate, I&#39;d say the costs have risen largely because of price hikes at state schools, which have had to hike tuitions to meet state budget cuts, which have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/02\/also-obama-is-responsible-for-tornadoes-and-spiders.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Also, Obama is responsible for tornadoes. 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